The functions of corticosteroid-binding globulin and sex hormone-binding globulin: Recent advances

Endocrine Reviews

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1990, Pages 80-91

  Rosner, William ^a  

^a St Luke’s/Roosevelt Hospital Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCORTIN;

HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CELL MEMBRANE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; SECOND MESSENGER SYSTEMS; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TRANSCORTIN;

EID: 0025343003     PISSN: 0163769X     EISSN: 0163769X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/edrv-11-1-80     Document Type: Article

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